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Poll: Would you be interested in meeting other ProZ.com members for a virtual coffee/tea over video call?
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Feb 9

This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "Would you be interested in meeting other ProZ.com members for a virtual coffee/tea over video call?".

This poll was originally submitted by Jared Tabor. View the poll results »



mwangangi isaiah
 
Alex Lichanow
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No Feb 10

During the pandemic, I came to loathe video calls. At its height, I "met" with personal friends online to share a beer, which was horrible and borderline traumatizing. A real-world meeting with colleagues on the other hand? Anytime.

Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Jennifer Levey
Chris Says Bye
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Simon Turner
Claudio Machado Junior
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
 
Angie Garbarino
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Yes Feb 10

I will bring my cup of coffee with me so we can drink together

[Edited at 2024-02-10 09:33 GMT]


Chris Says Bye
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
mwangangi isaiah
 
ADIE Translations
ADIE Translations
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Yes Feb 10

Surprised to see the high percentage who said no!

Chris Says Bye
Angie Garbarino
 
Yes Feb 10

Alex Lichanow wrote:

During the pandemic, I came to loathe video calls. At its height, I "met" with personal friends online to share a beer, which was horrible and borderline traumatizing. A real-world meeting with colleagues on the other hand? Anytime.


I totally get this. I feel very self-conscious on video calls.

The idea here (which is actually mine) is not to sit there for hours desperately making painful small talk, but more just to get to say hello to people, get a feel for them, see their faces, hear their voices, and make a personal connection, however superficial.

This might help reduce friction.

My partner spends half the day every day in zoom meetings and says you just get used to it after a while. It can’t replace face to face, but it’s the only practical solution for members spread around the world.

Done right, I think it would be fun. I would never go to a conference ORL or online (cost, content, time) but it’d be great to meet some of the people I’ve been sparring/chatting/joking with for a decade or more.


Angie Garbarino
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Rachel Waddington
Jared Tabor
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Becca Resnik
 
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Pablo Cruz
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Keep it real Feb 10

Alex Lichanow wrote:

A real-world meeting with colleagues on the other hand? Anytime.


I completely agree with Alex. With colleagues or just with anyone in the real-world, as long as he/she is a nice person.

What is the interest in getting a feel for people, unless you are going to collaborate with them in a specific project or something like that? (and those are very rare and specific cases)

Besides, the WHO says electronic coffee is very unhealthy & should be avoided like the plague...


Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Chris Says Bye
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Anette Hilgendag
Liena Vijupe
Joy Lewis
Ester Vidal
 
Claudio Machado Junior
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No way Feb 10

I'm done with online events.

Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Pablo Cruz
Chris Says Bye
Maria Teresa Borges de Almeida
Anette Hilgendag
Ventnai
Enrico Zoffoli
 
Rachel Waddington
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Yes Feb 10

I would join in if I'm free.

Chris Says Bye
Angie Garbarino
Kamal Idkaidek
 
Samuel Murray
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Coffee hours Feb 10

Some translator associations have monthly coffee hours where anyone who wants to, just join via Zoom and chat about a topic or about how everyone is doing. I just wonder how this would work for ProZ.com... what if 100 people join the call. That's not going to be very productive. It will basically become a talkshow with the loudest people talking and the rest enjoying the show.

Chris Says Bye
Kevin Fulton
Rachel Waddington
Claudio Machado Junior
Ester Vidal
 
Reality Feb 10

Samuel Murray wrote:
It will basically become a talkshow with the loudest people talking and the rest enjoying the show.

That could be instructive in itself…

There would need to be several but I don’t think there is much chance of 100 turning up given time zones, workloads, social anxieties, curmudgeonlinesses and so on.


P.L.F. Persio
Angie Garbarino
Kay Denney
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
 
Not for everyone Feb 10

Pablo Cruz wrote:
What is the interest in getting a feel for people, unless you are going to collaborate with them in a specific project or something like that? (and those are very rare and specific cases)

The most active forum members interact almost daily. We all have a picture of each other, I should think. It would be interesting to see if X is really as positive or Y really as negative…

But obviously it wouldn’t be for everyone.


expressisverbis
Angie Garbarino
Rachel Waddington
 
Lingua 5B
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I’ll join Feb 10

I’ll join if Chris will play acoustic guitar and sing.

Jared Tabor
P.L.F. Persio
Chris Says Bye
Angie Garbarino
expressisverbis
Liena Vijupe
Kay Denney
 
Deal Feb 11

Lingua 5B wrote:

I’ll join if Chris will play acoustic guitar and sing.


You might regret that 😂


Sebastian Witte
P.L.F. Persio
Angie Garbarino
Lingua 5B
expressisverbis
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
Becca Resnik
 
Jo Macdonald
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Sure Feb 12

Coffee + a sing along sounds good to me.

P.L.F. Persio
Angie Garbarino
 
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